BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20180325T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=-1SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:BST END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20171029T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=-1SU;BYMONTH=10 TZNAME:GMT END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20180410T160406Z UID:AB070C6E-7F47-4815-BB10-7F1052D51391 DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20171113T173000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20171113T203000 DESCRIPTION:Prof Simon Watts will be giving a talk titled: "UK Maritime Sur veillance Radars for the RAF 1940–2010" for the inaugural presentation f or the AES Society as part of the society being re-established in the UK & Ireland.\n\nAs part of the 1st organised meeting of the IEEE AES Society we will are arranging a small drinks reception along with a meet and greet component so members attending can meet the newly established committee m embers. More information on the society can be found here:\n\nhttp://www.i eee-ukandireland.org/chapters/aerospace-and-electronic-systems/\n\nAbstrac t: The history of airborne radars developed in the UK for long range marit ime surveillance by the RAF spans from 1940\, when ASV Mk. I entered servi ce on Sunderland and Hudson aircraft\, through to the 1980s\, when the Sea rchwater radar entered service on the Nimrod MR2. This history came to an end in 2010 when the Nimrod MRA4 programme was cancelled and the Nimrod MR 2 taken out of service.\n\nDuring WWII the first UK centimetric ASV radars were developed (ASV Mks III & VI and latterly ASV Mk. VII)\, fitted to ai rcraft such as the Sunderland\, Halifax and Wellington\, used by Coastal C ommand. In 1950\, the Shackleton MR aircraft entered service\, with the AS V Mk. 13 radar\, upgraded to ASV 21 in 1959. The Nimrod MR1 replaced to Sh ackletons in 1970\, fitted with the ASV 21D radar\, and in 1980 the Nimrod MR2 with the Searchwater radar was introduced.\n\nProf Simon Watts Bio:\n \nSimon Watts graduated from the University of Oxford in 1971\, obtained a n MSc and DSc from the University of Birmingham in 1972 and 2013\, respect ively\, and a PhD from the CNAA in 1987. He was deputy Scientific Director and Technical Fellow in Thales UK until 2013 and is a Visiting Professor in the department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering at University C ollege London. He joined Thales (then EMI Electronics) in 1967 and worked on a wide range of radar and EW projects\, with a particular research inte rest in maritime radar and sea clutter. He is author and co-author of over 80 journal and conference papers\, a book on sea clutter and several pate nts. He was chairman of the international radar conference RADAR-97 in Edi nburgh UK. Professor Watts received the IEE JJ Thomson Premium Award in 19 87 and the IEE Mountbatten Premium Award in 1991. He serves on the IEEE AE SS Radar Systems Panel\, is an Associate Editor for Radar for the IEEE Tra nsactions AES and a member of the Editorial Board of IET Radar\, Sonar & N avigation. He was appointed MBE in 1996 for services to the UK defence ind ustry and is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering\, Fellow of the IET\, Fellow of the IMA and Fellow of the IEEE.\n\nRoom: Room 508\, Bldg: Roberts Building\, UCL\, EE Dept\, London\, England\, United Kingdom LOCATION:Room: Room 508\, Bldg: Roberts Building\, UCL\, EE Dept\, London\, England\, United Kingdom ORGANIZER:m.ritchie@ucl.ac.uk SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:IEEE UK&I AES Society UK Maritime Surveillance Radars for the RAF 1 940–2010 URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/171402 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p style="font-weight: 400\;"><strong>Prof Si mon Watts</strong>&nbsp\;will be giving a talk titled: "UK Maritime Survei llance Radars for the RAF 1940&ndash\;2010" for the&nbsp\;inaugural&nbsp\; presentation for the AES Society as part of the society being re-establish ed in the UK &amp\; Ireland.</p>\n<p style="font-weight: 400\;">As part of the 1st organised meeting of the IEEE AES Society we will are arranging a small drinks reception along with a meet and greet component so members a ttending can meet the newly established committee members. More informatio n on the society can be found here:</p>\n<p style="font-weight: 400\;"><a href="http://www.ieee-ukandireland.org/chapters/aerospace-and-electronic-s ystems/">http://www.ieee-ukandireland.org/chapters/aerospace-and-electroni c-systems/</a></p>\n<p style="font-weight: 400\;"><strong>Abstract</strong >: The history of airborne radars developed in the UK for long range marit ime surveillance by the RAF spans from 1940\, when ASV Mk. I entered servi ce on Sunderland and Hudson aircraft\, through to the 1980s\, when the Sea rchwater radar entered service on the Nimrod MR2. This history came to an end in 2010 when the Nimrod MRA4 programme was cancelled and the Nimrod MR 2 taken out of service.</p>\n<p style="font-weight: 400\;">During WWII the first UK centimetric ASV radars were developed (ASV Mks III &amp\; VI and latterly ASV Mk. VII)\, fitted to aircraft such as the Sunderland\, Halif ax and Wellington\, used by Coastal Command. In 1950\, the Shackleton MR a ircraft entered service\, with the ASV Mk. 13 radar\, upgraded to ASV 21 i n 1959. The Nimrod MR1 replaced to Shackletons in 1970\, fitted with the A SV 21D radar\, and in 1980 the Nimrod MR2 with the Searchwater radar was i ntroduced.</p>\n<p style="font-weight: 400\;"><strong>Prof Simon Watts Bio :</strong></p>\n<p style="font-weight: 400\;">Simon Watts graduated from t he University of Oxford in 1971\, obtained an MSc and DSc from the Univers ity of Birmingham in 1972 and 2013\, respectively\, and a PhD from the CNA A in 1987. He was deputy Scientific Director and Technical Fellow in Thale s UK until 2013 and is a Visiting Professor in the department of Electroni c and Electrical Engineering at University College London. He joined Thale s (then EMI Electronics) in 1967 and worked on a wide range of radar and E W projects\, with a particular research interest in maritime radar and sea clutter. He is author and co-author of over 80 journal and conference pap ers\, a book on sea clutter and several patents. He was chairman of the in ternational radar conference RADAR-97 in Edinburgh UK. Professor Watts rec eived the IEE JJ Thomson Premium Award in 1987 and the IEE Mountbatten Pre mium Award in 1991. He serves on the IEEE AESS Radar Systems Panel\, is an Associate Editor for Radar for the IEEE Transactions AES and a member of the Editorial Board of IET Radar\, Sonar &amp\; Navigation. He was appoint ed MBE in 1996 for services to the UK defence industry and is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering\, Fellow of the IET\, Fellow of the IMA a nd Fellow of the IEEE.</p>\n<p style="font-weight: 400\;">&nbsp\;</p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR